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W. F. CRAFTS.

PAPER FILE.

(No Model.)

Patented July 14, 1885.

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WILBUR FISK CRAFTS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PAPER-FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 321,950, dated July 14,18235.

Application filed June 28, 1833. (X0 model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILBUR F. CRAFTS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Files, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

My invention relates especially to depositories for newspaper cuttings,notes, statistics, and items of interest, and has for its object theprovision of a'device cheap and simple to construct, and wherein adesired article or reference may be easily and speedily found andconsulted.

My invention consists, essentially, in a box constructed in the form ofa book, one side whereof is marked for reference and hinged in such amanner as to open outward, displaying the interior of the box. The innersurface of the door is arranged for an index to the contents of the box,all of which will be hereinafter first fully described, and then pointedout in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front eleva: tion of my improvedpaper-file. Fig. 2 is a perspective view thereof, wit-h the cover thrownopen.

Like letters of reference,wherever they occur, indicate correspondingparts in all the figures.

A is the body of the box constructed of any approved material, and A isthe side of the box made in imitation of a book upon its exterior, andprovided with an index upon its inner surface, as illustrated in Fig. 2.The back B is hinged at one side and provided with a lip, B, upon theother for closing'the side of the box. A pin, 0, is secured in the topedge of the cover, a perforated spring, D, affixed to the body of thebox engaging with said pin, securing the cover in place when closed.

E E are two horizontal partitions cut away diagonally on the line a a attheir front edges, as shown, and dividing the interior of the box intothree compartments. By the peculiar construction and arrangement theenvelopes placed in each compartment may be seen at a glance.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A paper-file consisting of the box A, con structed in the form of abook, said box being divided into three compartments by the horizontalpartitions E E, the front edges of said partitions being cut awaydiagonally at a a, as shown, and the cover B, hinged at one edge andprovided with a rigid lip, B, at the other edge, the whole combined andarranged to hold papers or envelopes placed upright in each compartment,substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

WILBUR FISK CRAFTS.

Witnesses:

FANNY O. TIMANUS, JANE O. TIMANUS.

